ALM Tutorial for Beginners
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UFT as well as ALM Integration
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I) Server as well as Clients (Ex:1 Server, v Clients...)
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Server side installation:
ALM Server version installation
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Client side
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i) UFT Installation
ii) ALM Clint version
iii) UFT Add inward for ALM
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II) Stand-Alone Machine
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i) UFT Installation
ii) ALM Server & Clint version
iii) UFT Add inward for ALM
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ALM - Application Life Cycle Management
TestDirector (1.0 to 8.0) - Mercury Interactive
C++
MS Access
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Oracle
Sybase
SQL Server
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Quality Center (8.0 to 11) - Mercury Interactive
J2EE
JBoss
MS SQL Server
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Oracle
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ALM 12.01
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It is a Test Management Tool
It supports
Requirements Management
Test Design
Test Execution
Defect Management
Traceability
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UFT supports file format for storing Resources
ALM supports Table format for storing Resources
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UFT is I-Tier Application
ALM is spider web Application (Client/Server Architecture)
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ALM
Documentation as well as generating Reports
No programming interface
It has ascendance draw of piece of job interface to execute SQL Commands
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No Environment limitations
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ALM supports
Stand-alone environment,
Intranet environment,
and Internet environment,
for sharing Services as well as resources
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ALM tin endure used past times Testers, Developers, BA, Project Management as well as Customers.
Users of ALM (Testing)
i) Site Admin (for treatment all ALM projects inward an Organization)
ii) Project Admin (Test Lead) -for treatment specific projection administration
iii) General User (Tester) - To function amongst i or to a greater extent than projects.
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Add ins inward ALM
a) MS Word
b) MS Excel
for importing the Data from File system.
Three things tin endure imported:
a) Requirements
b) Tests
c) Defects
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Usage of ALM:
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i) Function Testing (Manual) + Test Management (ALM)
ii) Some purpose of the Function Testing (Manual) + Some purpose of the Function Testing (UFT) + Test Management (ALM)
iii) Some purpose of the Function Testing (Manual) + Some purpose of the Function Testing (UFT) + Performance Testing (LoadRunner) + Test Management (ALM)
iv) Function Testing (Manual) +Performance Testing (LoadRunner) + Test Management (ALM)
etc...
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ALM has two interfaces
I) Site Admin
II) ALM / Quality Center
Important features inward Site Admin:
i) Create / Edit / delete Domains
ii) Create / edit / Delete projects
iii) Create / edit / Delete Users
iv) Assign users to i or to a greater extent than projects
v) Track projection status
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II) Important Modules inward ALM / Quality Center interface
i) Requirements:
Create / Edit / delete Requirements as well as Child Requirements
Import Requirements from File System using either MS Word or Excel formats.
ii) Test Plan (It is an expanse where nosotros blueprint Manual as well as Automated Tests)
Create / Edit / delete Manual tests
Create Automated Tests (* It Launches corresponding Automation tool, inward that tool simply nosotros tin blueprint tests.)
Map Tests amongst Requirements
Import Manual Tests from File System using either MS Word or Excel formats.
Import Automated Tests
iii) Test Lab (It is an expanse where nosotros execute Manual as well as Automated Tests)
Create Test Batches
execute Manual tests
Execute Automated Tests
iv) Defects
Create / Edit / delete defects
Send Defects straight from UFT Result window to ALM Project